Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America"Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher. |
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... character , and virtue to a mass audience . In the interests of historical accuracy , I have quoted correspondence and printed matter precisely , resisting the convention of modernizing spelling or grammar . Most colonial writers , like ...
... character , and virtue to a mass audience . In the interests of historical accuracy , I have quoted correspondence and printed matter precisely , resisting the convention of modernizing spelling or grammar . Most colonial writers , like ...
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... character” whom he had set up in business.6 Indeed, the passage of time has created considerable difficulties for studying the Franklin network. Correspondence and other forms of contact occurred among network members , 2 Benjamin ...
... character” whom he had set up in business.6 Indeed, the passage of time has created considerable difficulties for studying the Franklin network. Correspondence and other forms of contact occurred among network members , 2 Benjamin ...
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... character . Bourgeoisie and craftsmen alike cele- brated him , both groups regarding him as one of their own . " Dr. Franklin is a very popular character in every part of America , " Benjamin Rush observed in 1774 , predicting he would ...
... character . Bourgeoisie and craftsmen alike cele- brated him , both groups regarding him as one of their own . " Dr. Franklin is a very popular character in every part of America , " Benjamin Rush observed in 1774 , predicting he would ...
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... character and achievements , as well as to encourage others to follow his example . 11 Franklin enjoyed the project , telling a French correspondent in 1788 that he was “ writing my own History , which calling past Transactions to Remem ...
... character and achievements , as well as to encourage others to follow his example . 11 Franklin enjoyed the project , telling a French correspondent in 1788 that he was “ writing my own History , which calling past Transactions to Remem ...
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... character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral philosopher, and common tradesman on a pil- grimage through life. The latter role seems to have best suited his inspira- tional purposes, and it is the one upon which ...
... character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral philosopher, and common tradesman on a pil- grimage through life. The latter role seems to have best suited his inspira- tional purposes, and it is the one upon which ...
Contents
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Spreading Virtue to South Carolina | 64 |
Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean | 78 |
The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships | 98 |
Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England | 115 |
The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act | 138 |
Rebellion and Network Loyalties | 155 |
The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press | 168 |
God Humanity and Franklins Legacy | 192 |
Abbreviations | 209 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 291 |
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Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca Limited preview - 2006 |
Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca No preview available - 2006 |
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